by Web Editor | Sep 13, 2017 | News, News/PR
Officials from key fire service organizations of Texas are asking for monetary donations and equipment to help local Texas fire departments impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Texas A&M Forest Service, State Firefighters’ and Fire Marshals’ Association, Texas Fire...
by Web Editor | Sep 11, 2017 | News, News/PR
As concerns grow over the looming threat of another powerful hurricane churning toward the southern states, members of Congress from the Pacific Northwest have urged their colleagues to turn their attention to the devastation other natural disasters have inflicted on...
by Web Editor | Sep 8, 2017 | News, News/PR
Tree removal has begun on a 1,039-acre project on the Williams Ranger District of the Kaibab National Forest associated with the Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI). The Community Tank Timber Sale area is located about 11 miles north of Parks just south of...
by Web Editor | Sep 6, 2017 | News, News/PR
Making lumber is a bit like peeling a banana. The peels, in this case 16-foot lengths of bark-clad hemlock, are stacked beside a small sawmill here at Treeline Inc., a diversified forestry operation on the access road to Lincoln. But that waste wood has value. Last...
by Web Editor | Aug 30, 2017 | News, News/PR
On a steep slope just inland from Waldport, Oregon, a young forestry worker named Jared Foster is at the controls of a large machine called a forwarder. The machine, made by Finnish company Ponnse, looks like it was designed by Michael Bay. The front section contains...
by Web Editor | Aug 23, 2017 | News, News/PR
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced Tony Tooke will serve as the new chief of the U.S. Forest Service. Tooke has worked for the Forest Service since he was 18 and currently is the regional forester for the Southern Region. Tooke is replacing Tom...
